Two strange beasts : : Leviathan and Behemoth in Second Temple and early rabbinic Judaism / / K. William Whitney, Jr.
The ancient myth of a battle between a Divine Warrior and a primordial monster undergoes significant development in postbiblical and rabbinic literatures. This development is the focus of the present study. In particular, it examines the monsters Leviathan and Behemoth, showing that the postbiblical...
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| Superior document: | Harvard Semitic monographs ; no. 63 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Winona Lake, Ind. : : Eisenbrauns,, 2006. |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard Semitic Monographs
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / K. William Whitney
- The Chaoskampf in Modern Scholarship / K. William Whitney
- Leviathan and Behemoth in Second Temple Judaism / K. William Whitney
- Leviathan and Behemoth In Rabbinic Judaism / K. William Whitney
- The Roots of the Leviathan and Behemoth Traditions / K. William Whitney
- Bibliography / K. William Whitney
- Index of Scholars / K. William Whitney
- Index of Biblical and Related Citations / K. William Whitney
- Index of Rabbinic Citations / K. William Whitney.